When McDonald's opened an outlet in Kuwait shortly after the end of the Gulf War, the line of cars waiting to eat there was seven miles long. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

7/2/15

The British poet Lord Byron (1788-1824) was so enamored with the Greeks that he traveled to Greece to fight against the Turks in the Greek War of Independence. He contracted a fever there and died at the age of 36. The Greeks consider him a national hero. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

7/3/15

If the circumference of the earth were calculated using pi rounded to only the ninth decimal place, an error of no more than one quarter of an inch in 25,000 miles would result. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

7/4/15

The nation's estimated population on this July Fourth is 321.2 million. - Provided by U.S. Population Clock

7/5/15

The mines of South Africa can descend as far as 12,000 feet and reach temperatures of 130 degrees F. To produce an ounce of gold requires 38 man hours, 1,400 gallons of water, enough electricity to run a large house for ten days, and chemicals such as cyanide, acids, lead, borax, and lime. In order to extract South Africa's yearly output of 500 tons of gold, nearly 70 million tons of earth are raised and milled. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

7/6/15

As early as the seventh century B.C., a number of smaller walls that served as fortifications and watch towers had been built around China. Initially each state (Chu, Qi, Wei, Han, Zhao, Yan, and Qin) that would be united in the first Chinese empire had its own individual wall. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

7/7/15

More than 2,500 Americans die from heart disease each day, equaling one death every 34 seconds. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

7/8/15

The estimated number of people living in the U.S. with a viral STI/STD (sexually transmitted infection/sexually transmitted disease) is over 65 million. One in two sexually active people will contact an STI/STD before the age of 25. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

7/9/15

In 1932, half of all workers in Cleveland, Ohio, were jobless. And in Toledo, Ohio, four out of five were jobless. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

7/10/15

One variation of the black bear is a white bear called the Kermode, ghost, or spirit bear. These bears are very rare. Native Americans believed these white bears had supernatural power. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

7/11/15

Different nations assign race in different ways. In Japan and the U.S., race is fixed and assigned at birth. However, in Brazil, race is more fluid and is determined by a number of factors such as a person's parents, a person's phenotype, and a person's socioeconomic status. In places like Brazil, a person's race can change as they become wealthier or poorer. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

7/12/15

The current population of Africa is nearly one billion people. Due to rapid population growth in the continent over the last 40 years, its general population is relatively young. In many African states, more than half of the population is under the age of 25. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

7/13/15

Mumbai (Bombay) is India's largest city, with a population of 15 million. In 1661, British engineers built a causeway uniting all seven original islands of Bombay into a single landmass. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

7/14/15

In 1603, Spanish sailor Gabriel de Castilla (1577-1620) became the first man ever to see Antarctica. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

7/15/15

The number of men and women age 65 and older cohabiting outside of marriage nearly doubled between 1990 and 2000. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

7/16/15

The first disastrous impact from nuclear energy occurred in August 1945 when the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Over 250,000 people, mostly civilians, died from the denotations. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

7/17/15

A 2004 study revealed that 9.6% of public school children, accounting for 4.5 million students, have experienced sexual misconduct, from being told sexual jokes to sexual intercourse by educators. Offenders include teachers (18%), coaches (15%), substitute teachers (13%), principals (6%), and student counselors (5%). - Provided by RandomHistory.com

7/18/15

When Spanish Conquistador Hernan Cortes arrived in 1519, the Aztecs believed he was their returning god, Quetzalcoatl, and offered him the drink of the gods: hot chocolate. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

7/19/15

The manpower to build the Great Wall of China came from frontier guards, peasants, unemployed intellectuals, disgraced noblemen, and convicts. In fact, there existed a special penalty during the Qin and Han dynasties under which convicted criminals were made to work on the Wall. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

7/20/15

Over 75% of people who marry partners from an affair eventually divorce. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

7/21/15

In 1994, a group of Mexican peasants and farmers called the Zapatistas (named after Emiliano Zapata) started another revolt to highlight the differences between the rich and poor. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

7/22/15

Research clearly indicates that children as young as age 5 who continually observe bullying that goes unchecked or ignored by adults are at greater risk of becoming bullies themselves. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

7/23/15

In 2009, retailers lost $2.7 billion due to return fraud during the holiday season. The most common form of return fraud is the return of stolen merchandise. It is also common for criminals to return merchandise that was bought with counterfeit receipts or currency. In the 2010 holiday season, return fraud was expected to cost retailers $3.7 billion. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

7/24/15

The deadliest natural disaster in the U.S. was the Galveston hurricane of 1900, which killed between 8,000-12,000 people. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

7/25/15

Approximately 10-15% of anorexics or bulimics are male. White males are the least likely to try to control their weight; Latino males are the most likely. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

7/26/15

July 20, 1976, was historic because the United States' Viking 1 was the first human spacecraft to land intact and operational on the surface of Mars. Viking 2 followed, landing successfully on September 3, 1976. The Viking Landers relayed the first color pictures of the planet. When the second Viking had its last moments of contact in 1978, project manager George Gianopoulos said, "It's like losing an old friend; how do you express it?" - Provided by RandomHistory.com

7/27/15

The word "panda" may have developed from the Nepalese word poonya, which means "bamboo-eating animal" or "plant-eating animal." - Provided by RandomHistory.com

7/28/15

J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, is the first person to become a billionaire (U.S. dollars) by writing books. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

7/29/15

The Y. pestis bacillus, now thought to have been the cause of the medieval Black Death plague, continues to survive in the modern world, being found in Asia, Russia, the American Southwest, and other areas where the host rodents and fleas live. Today, though, it is rarely fatal. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

7/30/15

Studies note that sometimes those who have a high level of physical attractiveness seek less attractive mates in order to wield more power over them. In other words, less attractive people may attract more attractive mates because they are more likely to yield to their whims. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

7/31/15

Football, or what Americans call soccer, is the national sport of Greece. - Provided by RandomHistory.com